Mount Piper Power Station

Mount Piper Power Station is a coal powered power station with two steam turbines with a combined generating capacity of 1, 400 MW of electricity. It is located near Portland, in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia and owned by EnergyAustralia, a subsidiary of CLP Group. ConstructionThe first generator was completed in 1992, and the second in 1993. Units 3 and 4, although planned, were not built. It was the last power station built by the Electricity Commission of New South Wales . Much of the design work done was undertaken in-house by the Commission. In 2009 Delta Electricity unofficially re-rated the units at Mount Piper from their original 660MW to 700MW. In 2007 & early 2008 there was public talk of 'completing' the power station by using modern super-critical, dry-cooling tower, coal-fired units of up to 1000MW capacity which uses much less water from surrounding rivers. . On 7 April 2010 the New South Wales Department of Planning announced that approval had been given to Delta Electricity to 'complete' the station by installing 2000MW of new generating capacity.

Mount Piper Power Station is a coal powered power station with two steam turbines with a combined generating capacity of 1, 400 MW of electricity. It is located near Portland, in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia and owned by EnergyAustralia, a subsidiary of CLP Group. ConstructionThe first generator was completed in 1992, and the second in 1993. Units 3 and 4, although planned, were not built. It was the last power station built by the Electricity Commission of New South Wales . Much of the design work done was undertaken in-house by the Commission. In 2009 Delta Electricity unofficially re-rated the units at Mount Piper from their original 660MW to 700MW. In 2007 & early 2008 there was public talk of 'completing' the power station by using modern super-critical, dry-cooling tower, coal-fired units of up to 1000MW capacity which uses much less water from surrounding rivers. . On 7 April 2010 the New South Wales Department of Planning announced that approval had been given to Delta Electricity to 'complete' the station by installing 2000MW of new generating capacity.